Deuteronomy 27:24

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‘Cursed is the one who kills his neighbor in private.’ Then all the people will say,‘Amen!’

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Referenced Verses

  • Num 35:31 : 31 Moreover, you must not accept a ransom for the life of a murderer who is guilty of death; he must surely be put to death.
  • Lev 24:17 : 17 “‘If a man beats any person to death, he must be put to death.
  • Exod 20:13 : 13 “You shall not murder.
  • Exod 21:12-14 : 12 Personal Injuries“Whoever strikes someone so that he dies must surely be put to death. 13 But if he does not do it with premeditation, but it happens by accident, then I will appoint for you a place where he may flee. 14 But if a man willfully attacks his neighbor to kill him cunningly, you will take him even from my altar that he may die.
  • Deut 19:11-12 : 11 However, suppose a person hates someone else and stalks him, attacks him, kills him, and then flees to one of these cities. 12 The elders of his own city must send for him and remove him from there to deliver him over to the blood avenger to die.
  • 2 Sam 3:27 : 27 When Abner returned to Hebron, Joab took him aside at the gate as if to speak privately with him. Joab then stabbed him in the abdomen and killed him, avenging the shed blood of his brother Asahel.
  • 2 Sam 11:15-17 : 15 In the letter he wrote:“Station Uriah at the front in the thick of the battle and then withdraw from him so he will be cut down and killed.” 16 So as Joab kept watch on the city, he stationed Uriah at the place where he knew the best enemy soldiers were. 17 When the men of the city came out and fought with Joab, some of David’s soldiers fell in battle. Uriah the Hittite also died.
  • 2 Sam 12:9-9 : 9 Why have you shown contempt for the LORD’s decrees by doing evil in my sight? You have struck down Uriah the Hittite with the sword and you have taken his wife to be your own wife! You have killed him with the sword of the Ammonites. 10 So now the sword will never depart from your house. For you have despised me by taking the wife of Uriah the Hittite as your own!’ 11 This is what the LORD has said:‘I am about to bring disaster on you from inside your own household! Right before your eyes I will take your wives and hand them over to your companion. He will go to bed with your wives in broad daylight! 12 Although you have acted in secret, I will do this thing before all Israel, and in broad daylight.’”
  • 2 Sam 13:28 : 28 Absalom instructed his servants,“Look! When Amnon is drunk and I say to you,‘Strike Amnon down,’ kill him then and there. Don’t fear! Is it not I who have given you these instructions? Be strong and courageous!”
  • 2 Sam 20:9-9 : 9 Joab said to Amasa,“How are you, my brother?” With his right hand Joab took hold of Amasa’s beard as if to greet him with a kiss. 10 Amasa did not protect himself from the knife in Joab’s other hand, and Joab stabbed him in the abdomen, causing Amasa’s intestines to spill out on the ground. There was no need to stab him again; the first blow was fatal. Then Joab and his brother Abishai pursued Sheba son of Bicri.

Similar Verses (AI)

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  • Deut 27:25-26
    2 verses
    84%

    25‘Cursed is the one who takes a bribe to kill an innocent person.’ Then all the people will say,‘Amen!’

    26‘Cursed is the one who refuses to keep the words of this law.’ Then all the people will say,‘Amen!’

  • Deut 27:15-23
    9 verses
    82%

    15‘Cursed is the one who makes a carved or metal image– something abhorrent to the LORD, the work of the craftsman– and sets it up in a secret place.’ Then all the people will say,‘Amen!’

    16‘Cursed is the one who disrespects his father and mother.’ Then all the people will say,‘Amen!’

    17‘Cursed is the one who moves his neighbor’s boundary marker.’ Then all the people will say,‘Amen!’

    18‘Cursed is the one who misleads a blind person on the road.’ Then all the people will say,‘Amen!’

    19‘Cursed is the one who perverts justice for the resident foreigner, the orphan, and the widow.’ Then all the people will say,‘Amen!’

    20‘Cursed is the one who goes to bed with his father’s former wife, for he dishonors his father.’ Then all the people will say,‘Amen!’

    21‘Cursed is the one who commits bestiality.’ Then all the people will say,‘Amen!’

    22‘Cursed is the one who goes to bed with his sister, the daughter of either his father or mother.’ Then all the people will say,‘Amen!’

    23‘Cursed is the one who goes to bed with his mother-in-law.’ Then all the people will say,‘Amen!’

  • Lev 24:19-21
    3 verses
    73%

    19If a man inflicts an injury on his fellow citizen, just as he has done it must be done to him–

    20fracture for fracture, eye for eye, tooth for tooth– just as he inflicts an injury on another person that same injury must be inflicted on him.

    21One who beats an animal to death must make restitution for it, but one who beats a person to death must be put to death.

  • Lev 24:14-17
    4 verses
    73%

    14“Bring the one who cursed outside the camp, and all who heard him are to lay their hands on his head, and the whole congregation is to stone him to death.

    15Moreover, you are to tell the Israelites,‘If any man curses his God he will bear responsibility for his sin,

    16and one who misuses the name of the LORD must surely be put to death. The whole congregation must surely stone him, whether he is a resident foreigner or a native citizen; when he misuses the Name he must be put to death.

    17“‘If a man beats any person to death, he must be put to death.

  • Prov 24:24
    72%

    24The one who says to the guilty,“You are innocent,” peoples will curse him, and nations will denounce him.

  • Jer 48:10
    72%

    10A curse on anyone who is lax in doing the LORD’s work! A curse on anyone who keeps from carrying out his destruction!

  • Exod 21:12
    71%

    12Personal Injuries“Whoever strikes someone so that he dies must surely be put to death.

  • Prov 29:24
    70%

    24Whoever shares with a thief is his own enemy; he hears the oath to testify, but does not talk.

  • Lev 20:9
    70%

    9Family Life and Sexual Prohibitions“‘If anyone curses his father and mother he must be put to death. He has cursed his father and mother; his blood guilt is on himself.

  • Exod 21:17
    70%

    17“Whoever treats his father or his mother disgracefully must surely be put to death.

  • Deut 13:9
    70%

    9Instead, you must kill him without fail! Your own hand must be the first to strike him, and then the hands of the whole community.

  • Deut 13:11
    70%

    11Thus all Israel will hear and be afraid; no longer will they continue to do evil like this among you.

  • Prov 25:18
    70%

    18Like a club or a sword or a sharp arrow, so is the one who testifies against his neighbor as a false witness.

  • Deut 19:11-12
    2 verses
    70%

    11However, suppose a person hates someone else and stalks him, attacks him, kills him, and then flees to one of these cities.

    12The elders of his own city must send for him and remove him from there to deliver him over to the blood avenger to die.

  • Exod 21:14-15
    2 verses
    70%

    14But if a man willfully attacks his neighbor to kill him cunningly, you will take him even from my altar that he may die.

    15“Whoever strikes his father or his mother must surely be put to death.

  • Prov 24:18
    70%

    18lest the LORD see it, and be displeased, and turn his wrath away from him.

  • Prov 27:14
    69%

    14If someone blesses his neighbor with a loud voice early in the morning, it will be counted as a curse to him.

  • Zech 5:3
    69%

    3The speaker went on to say,“This is a curse traveling across the whole earth. For example, according to the curse whoever steals will be removed from the community; or on the other hand(according to the curse) whoever swears falsely will suffer the same fate.”

  • Num 35:21
    69%

    21or with enmity he strikes him with his hand and he dies, the one who struck him must surely be put to death, for he is a murderer. The avenger of blood must kill the murderer when he meets him.

  • Prov 24:28-29
    2 verses
    68%

    28Do not be a witness against your neighbor without cause, and do not deceive with your words.

    29Do not say,“I will do to him just as he has done to me; I will pay him back according to what he has done.”

  • Num 35:23
    68%

    23or with any stone large enough that a man could die, without seeing him, and throws it at him, and he dies, even though he was not his enemy nor sought his harm,

  • Lev 19:16-17
    2 verses
    68%

    16You must not go about as a slanderer among your people. You must not stand idly by when your neighbor’s life is at stake. I am the LORD.

    17You must not hate your brother in your heart. You must surely reprove your fellow citizen so that you do not incur sin on account of him.

  • Deut 28:16
    68%

    16You will be cursed in the city and cursed in the field.

  • Prov 20:20
    68%

    20The one who curses his father and his mother, his lamp will be extinguished in the blackest darkness.

  • Prov 3:29
    68%

    29Do not plot evil against your neighbor when he dwells by you unsuspectingly.

  • Ps 89:41
    68%

    41All who pass by have robbed him; he has become an object of disdain to his neighbors.

  • Deut 19:19-20
    2 verses
    68%

    19you must do to him what he had intended to do to the accused. In this way you will purge evil from among you.

    20The rest of the people will hear and become afraid to keep doing such evil among you.

  • Lev 5:4
    67%

    4or when a person swears an oath, speaking thoughtlessly with his lips, whether to do evil or to do good, with regard to anything which the individual might speak thoughtlessly in an oath, even if he did not realize it, but he himself has later come to know it and is guilty with regard to one of these oaths–

  • Exod 20:16
    67%

    16“You shall not give false testimony against your neighbor.

  • Deut 28:18
    67%

    18Your children will be cursed, as well as the produce of your soil, the calves of your herds, and the lambs of your flocks.